Digging into the boom in permissive open source licensing
Commentary: In 2007 Chris DiBona prophesied 2020’s decline in copyleft licensing. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Open source has never been more “open,” with permissive licensing (Apache, MIT, BSD) continuing to grow faster than its copyleft cousin (AGPL, GPL), according to a new WhiteSource study. It’s not exactly news, though, since this same shift toward permissive licensing … Read more